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FLOOD HITS COLORED HOMES HUNDREDS DRIVEN FROM THE POINT, COMMONS, PORTLAND Rescue Work Of Police Commended By Sick Man By William H. Ferris "Beautiful Ohio," immortalized by a dreamy waltz song, is now a menacing Ohio to many of the residents of the Gate City. Swollen by heavy rains and fed by scores of smaller streams and rivulets, she began Saturday to slowly rise. She rose inch by inch, a tawny, muddy river, pouring into the foot of Fourth Street, forcing mail to be delivered by boats. The full force of the flood was felt in the extreme eastern and extreme western section of the city. The water rose to the second story of houses in Shippingport island, off from Portland [to the?] west and in the Cut-Off Bridge [illegible] the east, forcing the people to [get out?] by boat. [The?] colored families moved from the "commons" beyond Cut-Off Bridge on Upper River Road on Monday. One colored man owned six or seven hogs and he was moving all Monday night. His house was completely surrounded by water. Backwater began Monday morning to overflow the lowlands at the Point. Scores of white and colored families moved out of Floyd, Shelby and Elliott Streets and Melwood Avenue on Monday. Tuesday morning the Ohio River had risen to within six inches of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad on Fulton Street, near Ohio Street. Back water began to fill in a low lot off from Ohio Street. Workmen placed sand bags Tuesday at the railroad tracks to prevent the Point from being completely flooded. Over a score of families moved from Fulton and Ohio Streets Tuesday morning and the number swelled to over a hundred by Tuesday night. It is estimated that over a thousand colored people were driven from their homes by the slow, silent and irresistible rise of the Ohio. The police were very helpful. They carried a colored woman 103 years old on Floyd Street to safety. They rescued another nervous old colored lady. They moved Robert Clark, who was sick on Lloyd Street, to the home of his son, Lewis Clark. Tom Clark commended the police for their work. The rived was still slowly rising Tuesday night and the people continued to move away from the Point.
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Her Whereabouts Is Chief Concern; Date of Trial Problematical
Summer Round-Up Examinations Planned A committee from the League of Colored Parent-Teacher Associations and representatives from the Parent-Teacher Associations met with Miss Mary May Wyman, supervisor of the Department of Health and Safety Education, at the Board of Education to plan for summer round-up examinations. These examinations will be held in all schools. The purpose of the movement is to acquaint the parents with the physical condition of the children so that any defects may be corrected. Children do their best work in school when they are well and as free from defects as possible. Physicians and dentists of the city have promised to give their services at three examinations. The Leader will run a series of articles written by prominent Louisville people on the value of this work. The planning committee consists of: Mrs. I. Willis Cole, chairman; Mrs. Wilette Mitchell, Mrs. May Burnley, Mrs. Eaves and Mrs. Patsie Sloane, president, Louisville League. In addition to the committee, the following representatives attended the meeting: Mrs. Mary E. Logan, Douglas School; Mrs. Alice Massie and Mrs. Mattie [Mead?], Wilson Street School; Mrs. Elizabeth Bigg and Mrs. Elizabeth Evam, 29th Street School; Mrs. Margaret Hambrough and Mrs. Anna Roberson, Charles Young School; Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Lincoln School; Mrs. Mamie Thomas and Mrs. Virginia House, Mary B. Talbert School; Mrs. Lula Fykes, G. G. Moore School, and Mrs. W. F. Downs, Virginia Avenue School. Dates for the examinations will be announced next week. All parents of children who will enter Kindergarten or first grade in September are urged to attend these clinics.
Forum Speaker [Photo] REV. C. J. HENDERSON The Interfraternal Council has the pleasure of presenting another of Louisville's most outstanding and popular ministers at its March Forum. The Rev. C. J. Henderson, pastor of Broadway Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, who has endeared himself to his congregation and the citizens of Louisville by his thoughtful, practical and forceful sermons, will speak on the subject "Jig Saw Puzzles." This promises to be a most interesting Forum. Therefore the Interfraternal Council invites you to be present Sunday, March 26, at 4 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. building and hear Rev. Henderson on the above subject. Good musical numbers will be featured.
K. N. E. A. CANDIDATE [Photo] R. B. ATWOOD Announcement is made of the candidacy of Mr. R. B. Atwood, President of the Kentucky State Industrial College as President of the Kentucky Negro Educational Association, subject to the annual session which meets in Louisville April 19. The statement given to the Leader for publication this week under the signatures of Messrs. J. W. Roberts, J. H. Ingram and H. A. Kean follows: "Mr. R. B. Atwood, President of Kentucky State Industrial College, secretary of the Conference of Negro Land Grant Colleges, chairman of Special Committee on Negro Schools in Kentucky, member of the Interracial Conference of Kentucky, has been urged by his many friends, and has modestly consented to make the race for the presidency of the K. N. E. A. Mr. Atwood's training and experience ideally fit him for this office. His usefulness as an educator has been recognized by Superintendent of Public Instruction James H. Richmond in that he has appointed him chairman of a special committee for the purpose of making a study of Negro schools of Kentucky. Let the teachers of Kentucky further recognize him by electing him president of the K. N. E. A."
Ethel Terrell Gets 2 Years On Bad Check Charge A jury in the Criminal Court gave Mrs. Ethel Terrell, a former Louisville and Cincinnati School teacher, two years in the penitentiary for the alleged issuance of cold checks to the Y.W.C.A. and others. While Mrs. Terry made an exceptionally intelligent witness for herself, on several occasions baffling the prosecution, the evidence against her as given by sev- Cahill. Attorney Ned Williamson assist- and her conviction was foreseen. She was represented by Attorney Frank eral prominent citizens was strong. ed Col. Logan with the prosecution.
Vegetables are green, but wise people who eat them are not.
WARRANTS ISSUED FOR GAINES AND LEAKE IN "NEWS" FIGHT - FALSE SWEARING TO GET POSSESSION IS CHARGED Neither Paid for As Much As One Share, Says R. Everett Ray The fight for the possession of the Louisville News, widely known newspaper founded by William Warley and Lee L. Brown twenty years ago, was carried into the courts this week when warrants were sworn out by R. Everett Ray, present editor of the paper, for the arrest of J. L. Leake and J. Larry Gaines, members of the corporation which is said to have taken over the newspaper November 7, 1932, on the charge of false swearing in an amendment to the articles of incorporation as of March 15, 1933, a felony under sections 1174-1175 Kentucky Statutes carrying a penalty of from one to five years in the state penitentiary. In the statement given the Leader by John Frank of the law firm of Brown, Frank and Tucker representing Mr. Ray, civil action is taken against Messrs. Leake and Gaines and Mrs. M. G. Leake, wife of Mr Leake. The warrants were issued tuesday, March 21. Bonds were arraigned Wednesday morning. Mr. Leake is local manager of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, and treasurer of the Louisville and Jefferson County Civic League, a political organization announced a few weeks ago with J. A. Thomas as president, and W. C. Buford, secretary. Mr. Gaines was connected with [Jon?] Buford's business until he with Mr. Leake acquired some interest in the Louisville News and was appointed Deputy Sheriff a few weeks ago. Mr. Ray, who is also an attorney and formerly in the postal service, made the following statement about the trouble that he is having with the other members of the corporation for publication: "Because of rumors circulated and unauthorized notices sent to patrons of the Louisville News, signed by J. Larry Gaines, and because of the acts of J. Larry Gaines and J. L. Leake together with Mrs. M. G. Leake, the latter having no interest in the Louisville News, in filing what they term 'Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Louisville News.' Further, because of their false statements made therein, the same having been acknowledged before a Notary Public, and setting forth that together they owned 97 shares of stock in 'the Louisville News,' which statement is false, and done in (Continued on page 4)
LOCAL COLORED CHILD GETS SEMINOLE HONORABLE MENTION AWARD [Photo] Mr. and Mrs. J. Wright of 2500 West Walnut Street were perhaps among the very, very few colored people who paid any attention to the advertisement of the Seminole Paper Corporation which offered $1,000.00 divided into 75 cash prizes and silver loving cups for the most interesting photographs of babies and children under 10 years of age. As the photographs are used for the advertisement of the seminole tissue papers, the proposition might not have been meant for colored, and that James Everett Wright, the interesting little 10 month old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Wright, and whose likeness appears with this article, should receive an Honorable Mention Award, is quite remarkable, and should be of interest to the public. The photograph of James Everett shows him to be quite interesting and it is no surprise that his picture was accepted and that he received at least an Honorable Mention Award from among the thousands of photographs submitted. The judges were Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of President Roosevelt, and editor of "Babies--Just Babies"; Miss Lucille Patterson Marsh, eminent illustrator of children and McClelland Barclay, noted artist (Continued on page 4)
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FLOOD HITS COLORED HOMES HUNDREDS DRIVEN FROM THE POINT, COMMONS, PORTLAND Rescue Work Of Police Commended By Sick Man By William H. Ferris "Beautiful Ohio," immortalized by a dreamy waltz song, is now a menacing Ohio to many of the residents of the Gate City. Swollen by heavy rains and fed by scores of smaller streams and rivulets, she began Saturday to slowly rise. She rose inch by inch, a tawny, muddy river, pouring into the foot of Fourth Street, forcing mail to be delivered by boats. The full force of the flood was felt in the extreme eastern and extreme western section of the city. The water rose to the second story of houses in Shippingport island, off from Portland [to the?] west and in the Cut-Off Bridge [illegible] the east, forcing the people to [get out?] by boat. [The?] colored families moved from the "commons" beyond Cut-Off Bridge on Upper River Road on Monday. One colored man owned six or seven hogs and he was moving all Monday night. His house was completely surrounded by water. Backwater began Monday morning to overflow the lowlands at the Point. Scores of white and colored families moved out of Floyd, Shelby and Elliott Streets and Melwood Avenue on Monday. Tuesday morning the Ohio River had risen to within six inches of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad on Fulton Street, near Ohio Street. Back water began to fill in a low lot off from Ohio Street. Workmen placed sand bags Tuesday at the railroad tracks to prevent the Point from being completely flooded. Over a score of families moved from Fulton and Ohio Streets Tuesday morning and the number swelled to over a hundred by Tuesday night. It is estimated that over a thousand colored people were driven from their homes by the slow, silent and irresistible rise of the Ohio. The police were very helpful. They carried a colored woman 103 years old on Floyd Street to safety. They rescued another nervous old colored lady. They moved Robert Clark, who was sick on Lloyd Street, to the home of his son, Lewis Clark. Tom Clark commended the police for their work. The rived was still slowly rising Tuesday night and the people continued to move away from the Point.
Max Yergan Is Given Spingarn Medal
Max Yergan Y.M.C.A. Worker In Africa Gets Spingarn Medal
Metropolitan "Investigates" Separate Office Complaint
Ruby Bates Mystery Grows in Scottsboro Case
Her Whereabouts Is Chief Concern; Date of Trial Problematical
Summer Round-Up Examinations Planned A committee from the League of Colored Parent-Teacher Associations and representatives from the Parent-Teacher Associations met with Miss Mary May Wyman, supervisor of the Department of Health and Safety Education, at the Board of Education to plan for summer round-up examinations. These examinations will be held in all schools. The purpose of the movement is to acquaint the parents with the physical condition of the children so that any defects may be corrected. Children do their best work in school when they are well and as free from defects as possible. Physicians and dentists of the city have promised to give their services at three examinations. The Leader will run a series of articles written by prominent Louisville people on the value of this work. The planning committee consists of: Mrs. I. Willis Cole, chairman; Mrs. Wilette Mitchell, Mrs. May Burnley, Mrs. Eaves and Mrs. Patsie Sloane, president, Louisville League. In addition to the committee, the following representatives attended the meeting: Mrs. Mary E. Logan, Douglas School; Mrs. Alice Massie and Mrs. Mattie [Mead?], Wilson Street School; Mrs. Elizabeth Bigg and Mrs. Elizabeth Evam, 29th Street School; Mrs. Margaret Hambrough and Mrs. Anna Roberson, Charles Young School; Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Lincoln School; Mrs. Mamie Thomas and Mrs. Virginia House, Mary B. Talbert School; Mrs. Lula Fykes, G. G. Moore School, and Mrs. W. F. Downs, Virginia Avenue School. Dates for the examinations will be announced next week. All parents of children who will enter Kindergarten or first grade in September are urged to attend these clinics.
Forum Speaker [Photo] REV. C. J. HENDERSON The Interfraternal Council has the pleasure of presenting another of Louisville's most outstanding and popular ministers at its March Forum. The Rev. C. J. Henderson, pastor of Broadway Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, who has endeared himself to his congregation and the citizens of Louisville by his thoughtful, practical and forceful sermons, will speak on the subject "Jig Saw Puzzles." This promises to be a most interesting Forum. Therefore the Interfraternal Council invites you to be present Sunday, March 26, at 4 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. building and hear Rev. Henderson on the above subject. Good musical numbers will be featured.
K. N. E. A. CANDIDATE [Photo] R. B. ATWOOD Announcement is made of the candidacy of Mr. R. B. Atwood, President of the Kentucky State Industrial College as President of the Kentucky Negro Educational Association, subject to the annual session which meets in Louisville April 19. The statement given to the Leader for publication this week under the signatures of Messrs. J. W. Roberts, J. H. Ingram and H. A. Kean follows: "Mr. R. B. Atwood, President of Kentucky State Industrial College, secretary of the Conference of Negro Land Grant Colleges, chairman of Special Committee on Negro Schools in Kentucky, member of the Interracial Conference of Kentucky, has been urged by his many friends, and has modestly consented to make the race for the presidency of the K. N. E. A. Mr. Atwood's training and experience ideally fit him for this office. His usefulness as an educator has been recognized by Superintendent of Public Instruction James H. Richmond in that he has appointed him chairman of a special committee for the purpose of making a study of Negro schools of Kentucky. Let the teachers of Kentucky further recognize him by electing him president of the K. N. E. A."
Ethel Terrell Gets 2 Years On Bad Check Charge A jury in the Criminal Court gave Mrs. Ethel Terrell, a former Louisville and Cincinnati School teacher, two years in the penitentiary for the alleged issuance of cold checks to the Y.W.C.A. and others. While Mrs. Terry made an exceptionally intelligent witness for herself, on several occasions baffling the prosecution, the evidence against her as given by sev- Cahill. Attorney Ned Williamson assist- and her conviction was foreseen. She was represented by Attorney Frank eral prominent citizens was strong. ed Col. Logan with the prosecution.
Vegetables are green, but wise people who eat them are not.
WARRANTS ISSUED FOR GAINES AND LEAKE IN "NEWS" FIGHT - FALSE SWEARING TO GET POSSESSION IS CHARGED Neither Paid for As Much As One Share, Says R. Everett Ray The fight for the possession of the Louisville News, widely known newspaper founded by William Warley and Lee L. Brown twenty years ago, was carried into the courts this week when warrants were sworn out by R. Everett Ray, present editor of the paper, for the arrest of J. L. Leake and J. Larry Gaines, members of the corporation which is said to have taken over the newspaper November 7, 1932, on the charge of false swearing in an amendment to the articles of incorporation as of March 15, 1933, a felony under sections 1174-1175 Kentucky Statutes carrying a penalty of from one to five years in the state penitentiary. In the statement given the Leader by John Frank of the law firm of Brown, Frank and Tucker representing Mr. Ray, civil action is taken against Messrs. Leake and Gaines and Mrs. M. G. Leake, wife of Mr Leake. The warrants were issued tuesday, March 21. Bonds were arraigned Wednesday morning. Mr. Leake is local manager of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, and treasurer of the Louisville and Jefferson County Civic League, a political organization announced a few weeks ago with J. A. Thomas as president, and W. C. Buford, secretary. Mr. Gaines was connected with [Jon?] Buford's business until he with Mr. Leake acquired some interest in the Louisville News and was appointed Deputy Sheriff a few weeks ago. Mr. Ray, who is also an attorney and formerly in the postal service, made the following statement about the trouble that he is having with the other members of the corporation for publication: "Because of rumors circulated and unauthorized notices sent to patrons of the Louisville News, signed by J. Larry Gaines, and because of the acts of J. Larry Gaines and J. L. Leake together with Mrs. M. G. Leake, the latter having no interest in the Louisville News, in filing what they term 'Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Louisville News.' Further, because of their false statements made therein, the same having been acknowledged before a Notary Public, and setting forth that together they owned 97 shares of stock in 'the Louisville News,' which statement is false, and done in (Continued on page 4)
LOCAL COLORED CHILD GETS SEMINOLE HONORABLE MENTION AWARD [Photo] Mr. and Mrs. J. Wright of 2500 West Walnut Street were perhaps among the very, very few colored people who paid any attention to the advertisement of the Seminole Paper Corporation which offered $1,000.00 divided into 75 cash prizes and silver loving cups for the most interesting photographs of babies and children under 10 years of age. As the photographs are used for the advertisement of the seminole tissue papers, the proposition might not have been meant for colored, and that James Everett Wright, the interesting little 10 month old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Wright, and whose likeness appears with this article, should receive an Honorable Mention Award, is quite remarkable, and should be of interest to the public. The photograph of James Everett shows him to be quite interesting and it is no surprise that his picture was accepted and that he received at least an Honorable Mention Award from among the thousands of photographs submitted. The judges were Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of President Roosevelt, and editor of "Babies--Just Babies"; Miss Lucille Patterson Marsh, eminent illustrator of children and McClelland Barclay, noted artist (Continued on page 4)
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